Many states are boosting revenues by collecting so-called “abandoned property,” including unused retail gift cards. If a card is not used in as few as two years after being purchased, the states can claim the card’s value.
There’s an interesting conversation over at the Boston Globe website. Even after Massachusetts dropped the maintenance fees on time-saving Fast Lane transponders, one-third of tollpayers still go to the booth to hand over payment in person. Cars with the transponders zip along past tolls, while those without wait in line gathering change. More than 150 [...]
A host of outdoor gear, clothing, footwear, sunglasses, home décor, and accessories is being discounted by 60 to 90 percent off retail during Sierra Trading Post’s ongoing Summer 2009 Blowout sale.
On Saturday, 35,000 tickets were given away for Virgin Mobile’s FreeFest, an all-day concert on August 30 in Columbia, Md., with Blink-182 at the top of the bill. Tickets are (mostly) free: Attendees are being asked to donate $5 per ticket to homeless youth organizations. But USA Today reports that fans who were shut out [...]
Jeff McCluskey, a Houston-based pharmacist for CVS, answered some questions about how to save money—or at least how to save some time—at the pharmacy.
In some instances, people express regret over spending lots of money on items that brought them little joy. But just as often, people report that very expensive purchases like cars and electronics have brought them much happiness. So perhaps there is wisdom in splurging big-ticket style, so long as it’s on something that means something to you.
The recession has affected the lives of millions, who have been forced to adjust how they live and how they spend. Within this group is a unique subset: the Madoff victim. It’s one thing to see your retirement nest egg lose 30 or 40 percent of its value. But to suddenly have that nest egg disappear entirely? That’s beyond brutal.
“A penny saved is a penny to squander.”
Unless you’ve been locked in a vault, you know that the banking industry isn’t doing so hot. Faced with declining revenues, banks are creating or increasing all sorts of fees on its customers.
Each pill of Vinotrol contains the equivalent of 278 five-ounce glasses of pinot noir’s worth of resveratrol, a naturally occurring substance found in red wine that … well, no one’s quite sure what it does.
